Speaker Profile

Ajahn Brahmavamso or simply Ajahn Brahm was born Peter Betts in London on 7 Aug 1951. In 1974 he was ordained and trained under the Thai Forest tradition of Ajahn Chah. Currently, Ajahn Brahm is the Abbot of Bodhiyana Monastery in Serpentine, Western Australia, Spiritual Director to the Buddhist Society of Western Australia, and an adviser of many others. As an author of many books, his humorous, inventive and insightful public teachings regularly attract thousands.